Day 4 WTA Finals Riyadh Round Up. Building the ULTIMATE WTA player! — Control the Controllables

Day 4 of our DAILY Riyadh Round Ups during the WTA Finals!

Watch LIVE each day 8pm GMT on our YouTube channel 'Control the Controllables Podcast'!

These shorter episodes aim to bring DAILY insight into the behind the scenes of the WTA Finals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia!

In this episode:

Todays episode is focused around building the ULTIMATE WTA player by analysing various skills and attributes of top players, emphasising the significance of mentality and personality in tennis.

Categories include:

Serve

Backhand

Forehand

Slice

Volleys and coming forward

Defence

Personality

Dan talks about the training of the day and players he has spoken to whilst out in Riyadh and the importance of innovation in sports. The conversation concludes by answering live viewers questions with thoughts on the future of players and the sport.

Chapters

00:00 Welcome to the WTA Finals

05:07 Building the Ultimate WTA Player

24:36 Recap of the Ultimate Player Attributes

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